Hiroyuki Arai

9.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
188 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

Hiroyuki Arai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Hiroyuki Arai has authored 188 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 118 papers in Molecular Biology, 27 papers in Biochemistry and 25 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Hiroyuki Arai's work include Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (25 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (18 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (15 papers). Hiroyuki Arai is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (25 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (18 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (15 papers). Hiroyuki Arai collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Canada. Hiroyuki Arai's co-authors include Yasuo Igarashi, Masaharu Ishii, W. Scott Argraves, Michael D. Pierschbacher, Shintaro Suzuki, Keizo Inoue, Makoto Arita, Erkki Ruoslahti, Toshiaki Kudo and Erkki Ruoslahti and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Hiroyuki Arai

185 papers receiving 7.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Amino acid sequence of the human fibronectin receptor.

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hiroyuki Arai Japan	51	4.3k	888	886	696	665	188	7.9k
Robert C. Burghardt United States	72	5.7k 1.3×	491 0.6×	443 0.5×	676 1.0×	339 0.5×	320	16.5k
Mary Ann K. Markwell United States	20	4.7k 1.1×	234 0.3×	725 0.8×	1.0k 1.5×	592 0.9×	21	9.9k
Andrea Scaloni Italy	63	7.4k 1.7×	161 0.2×	988 1.1×	865 1.2×	339 0.5×	403	13.5k
Hiroaki Hayashi Japan	61	6.0k 1.4×	116 0.1×	549 0.6×	472 0.7×	391 0.6×	505	13.5k
Piero Pucci Italy	47	4.6k 1.1×	153 0.2×	921 1.0×	822 1.2×	237 0.4×	297	8.3k
Koichi Furukawa Japan	75	11.5k 2.7×	444 0.5×	3.0k 3.4×	2.1k 3.0×	223 0.3×	412	18.3k
Angelo Fontana Italy	54	6.0k 1.4×	106 0.1×	708 0.8×	1.0k 1.5×	446 0.7×	376	13.1k
Yi Sun United States	67	11.2k 2.6×	208 0.2×	1.7k 1.9×	1.2k 1.7×	503 0.8×	287	18.5k
Hiroshi Nojima Japan	62	10.6k 2.5×	404 0.5×	3.5k 3.9×	1.2k 1.7×	375 0.6×	300	15.8k
Hirota Fujiki Japan	64	6.5k 1.5×	127 0.1×	961 1.1×	468 0.7×	474 0.7×	319	14.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hiroyuki Arai

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Kadowaki, Shigenori, Tomoyuki Otsuka, Keiko Minashi, et al.. (2025). An observational study of the effectiveness and safety of nivolumab plus chemotherapy for untreated advanced or recurrent gastric cancer in Japanese real-world settings: the G-KNIGHT study. Gastric Cancer. 28(5). 955–967.

Okahashi, Nobuyuki, Hiroshi Tsugawa, Yusuke Ogata, et al.. (2020). Elucidation of Gut Microbiota-Associated Lipids Using LC-MS/MS and 16S rRNA Sequence Analyses. iScience. 23(12). 101841–101841. 46 indexed citations

Arai, Hiroyuki, et al.. (2017). OPERATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF DUMP TRUCKS USING TRAFFIC SAFETY MEASURES. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers Ser F6 (Safety Problem). 73(2). I_69–I_74.

Uchida, Y., Jiao Wang, Tatsuyuki Matsudaira, et al.. (2015). Transport through recycling endosomes requires EHD 1 recruitment by a phosphatidylserine translocase. The EMBO Journal. 34(5). 669–688. 109 indexed citations

Maekawa, Masashi, Yasuhiro Mochizuki, Katsuhisa Kawai, et al.. (2014). Sequential breakdown of 3-phosphorylated phosphoinositides is essential for the completion of macropinocytosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(11). E978–87. 88 indexed citations

Terada, Tohru, et al.. (2011). Mechanism for folate‐independent aldolase reaction catalyzed by serine hydroxymethyltransferase. FEBS Journal. 279(3). 504–514. 21 indexed citations

Kage‐Nakadai, Eriko, Masako Kimura, Keiko Gengyo‐Ando, et al.. (2010). Two Very Long Chain Fatty Acid Acyl-CoA Synthetase Genes, acs-20 and acs-22, Have Roles in the Cuticle Surface Barrier in Caenorhabditis elegans. PLoS ONE. 5(1). e8857–e8857. 61 indexed citations

Watanabe, Yumiko, Nobuki Aoki, Takako Komiya, et al.. (2009). A Case of Afebrile Pneumonia Caused by Non-Toxigenic <i>Corynebacterium diphtheriae</i>. Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases. 62(4). 327–329. 3 indexed citations

Burdick, Katherine E., Atsushi Kamiya, Colin A. Hodgkinson, et al.. (2008). Elucidating the relationship between DISC1, NDEL1 and NDE1 and the risk for schizophrenia: Evidence of epistasis and competitive binding. Human Molecular Genetics. 17(16). 2462–2473. 89 indexed citations

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Arai, Hiroyuki, et al.. (2008). Study on novel peptide-based Gemini amphiphilic compound, Pellicer L-30 and application to the cosmetics.. 36(3). 67–74. 3 indexed citations

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Kamiya, Atsushi, Toshifumi Tomoda, Jennifer Chang, et al.. (2006). DISC1–NDEL1/NUDEL protein interaction, an essential component for neurite outgrowth, is modulated by genetic variations of DISC1. Human Molecular Genetics. 15(22). 3313–3323. 141 indexed citations

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Kuriyama, Shinichi, Satoru Ebihara, Atsushi Hozawa, et al.. (2006). Dietary Intakes and Plasma 8-Iso-Prostaglandin F_2α Concentrations in Community-Dwelling Elderly Japanese: The Tsurugaya Project. International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research. 76(2). 87–94. 5 indexed citations

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Toyoda, K., et al.. (2005). The role of two CbbRs in the transcriptional regulation of three ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase genes in Hydrogenovibrio marinus strain MH-110. Microbiology. 151(11). 3615–3625. 18 indexed citations

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Toyoda, K., et al.. (2004). CO ₂ -Responsive Expression and Gene Organization of Three Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase Enzymes and Carboxysomes in Hydrogenovibrio marinus Strain MH-110. Journal of Bacteriology. 186(17). 5685–5691. 72 indexed citations

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Akiyama, Taishin, Jin Gohda, Yukiko Nomura, et al.. (2001). Mammalian homologue of E. coli ras‐like GTPase (ERA) is a possible apoptosis regulator with RNA binding activity. Genes to Cells. 6(11). 987–1001. 19 indexed citations

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Sheffield, Peter, Sarah Garrard, Michal Caspi, et al.. (2000). Homologs of the ?- and ?-subunits of mammalian brain platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase Ib in theDrosophila melanogaster genome. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 39(1). 1–8. 24 indexed citations

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Arai, Hiroyuki, et al.. (1999). Genetic organization and characteristics of the 3-(3-hydroxyphenyl)propionic acid degradation pathway of Comamonas testosteroni TA441. Microbiology. 145(10). 2813–2820. 41 indexed citations

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Murakami, Makoto, Terumi Kambe, Satoko Shimbara, et al.. (1999). Different Functional Aspects of the Group II Subfamily (Types IIA and V) and Type X Secretory Phospholipase A2s in Regulating Arachidonic Acid Release and Prostaglandin Generation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(44). 31435–31444. 145 indexed citations

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Usuda, Nobuteru, Hiroyuki Arai, Hiroyuki Sasaki, et al.. (1996). Differential subcellular localization of neural isoforms of the catalytic subunit of calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase (calcineurin) in central nervous system neurons: immunohistochemistry on formalin-fixed paraffin sections employing antigen retrieval by microwave irradiation.. Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry. 44(1). 13–18. 42 indexed citations

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Fukasawa, Masayoshi, Hideki Adachi, Kimiko Murakami‐Murofushi, et al.. (1995). Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells Expressing a Novel Type of Acetylated Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(4). 1921–1927. 18 indexed citations

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